“It’ll Never Be the White Kids, It’ll Always Be Us”: Black High School Students’ Evolving Critical Analysis of Racial Discrimination and Inequity in Schools

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 83-112

  Hope, Elan C ^a   Skoog, Alexandra B ^b   Jagers, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Black youth; Critical analysis; Education; Racial climate; Racial discrimination; School climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918532199     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558414550688     Document Type: Article

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